# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auto-compression anti-thrashing protection lacking a recovery path

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #15432: fix(agent): add time-based and growth-based recovery to compression anti-thrashing protection (#14694)

Members describe a bug report in which anti-thrashing protection is said to disable auto-compression with no way to recover, plus pull requests proposing recovery mechanisms (time-based and growth-based) for it. One related member refers to separate bugs that keep auto-compression from triggering; the titles alone do not show whether those overlap with the anti-thrashing issue.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71003. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71003 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-71003`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #14694: BUG: Anti-thrashing protection permanently disables auto-compression with no recovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71003: fix(compression): give anti-thrashing protection a recovery path**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_compression_anti_thrash_recovery.py`
- **#14696: fix(compression): three bugs causing auto-compression to never trigger**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#15432: fix(agent): add time-based and growth-based recovery to compression anti-thrashing protection (#14694)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71003 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.
- Subsystem: `agent`